National League Pitching Leaders

Wins Above Replacement--all

<strong>Wins Above Replacement</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add.<br>Scale for a single-season: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br>Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Gibson • STL 11.3
2. Dierker • HOU 8.4
3. McCovey • SFG 8.0
4. Aaron • ATL 8.0
5. Hands • CHC 7.9
6. Marichal • SFG 7.6
7. Clemente • PIT 7.5
8. Carlton • STL 7.3
9. Seaver • NYM 7.2
10. Wynn • HOU 7.1

WAR for Pitchers

<strong>Wins Above Replacement for Pitchers</strong><br>A single number that presents the number of wins the player added<br>to the team above what a replacement player (think AAA or AAAA) would add. This value includes defensive support and includes additional value for high leverage situations.<br>Scale: 8+ MVP Quality, 5+ All-Star Quality, 2+ Starter,<br>0-2 Reserve, < 0 Replacement Level <br> Developed by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com

1. Gibson • STL 10.4
2. Dierker • HOU 8.7
3. Hands • CHC 8.4
4. Marichal • SFG 7.8
5. Seaver • NYM 7.2
6. Jenkins • CHC 7.2
7. Carlton • STL 6.9
8. Perry • SFG 6.5
9. Singer • LAD 6.5
10. Niekro • ATL 6.0

Earned Run Average

<strong>9 * ER / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats<br><span class=glimmer>Gold</span> means awarded ERA title at end of year.

1. Marichal • SFG 2.10
2. Carlton • STL 2.17
3. Gibson • STL 2.18
4. Seaver • NYM 2.21
5. Koosman • NYM 2.28
6. Dierker • HOU 2.33
7. Singer • LAD 2.34
8. Perry • SFG 2.49
9. Hands • CHC 2.49
10. Niekro • ATL 2.56

Wins

Wins

1. Seaver • NYM 25
2. Niekro • ATL 23
3. Jenkins • CHC 21
Marichal • SFG 21
5. Dierker • HOU 20
Gibson • STL 20
Hands • CHC 20
Osteen • LAD 20
Singer • LAD 20
10. Perry • SFG 19

Win-Loss %

<strong>Win-Loss Percentage</strong><br>W / (W + L)<br>For players, leaders need one decision for every ten team games.<br>For managers, minimum to qualify for leading is 320 games.

1. Moose • PIT .824
2. Seaver • NYM .781
3. Maloney • CIN .706
4. Carroll • CIN .667
Regan • CHC .667
6. Marichal • SFG .656
7. Merritt • CIN .654
Koosman • NYM .654
9. Reed • ATL .643
10. Niekro • ATL .639

Walks & Hits per IP

<strong>(BB + H)/IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Marichal • SFG 0.994
2. Singer • LAD 1.007
3. Dierker • HOU 1.022
4. Niekro • ATL 1.027
5. Seaver • NYM 1.039
6. Koosman • NYM 1.058
7. Gibson • STL 1.102
8. Hands • CHC 1.137
9. Jenkins • CHC 1.140
10. Osteen • LAD 1.143

Hits per 9 IP

<strong>9 x H / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Seaver • NYM 6.651
2. Maloney • CIN 6.800
3. Singer • LAD 6.957
4. Koosman • NYM 6.983
5. Carlton • STL 7.045
6. Dierker • HOU 7.074
7. Gibson • STL 7.194
8. Marichal • SFG 7.328
9. Selma • 2TM 7.364
10. Gentry • NYM 7.395

Bases On Balls per 9 IP

<strong>9 x BB / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Marichal • SFG 1.622
2. Niekro • ATL 1.804
3. Jenkins • CHC 2.052
4. Niekro • 2TM 2.074
5. Osteen • LAD 2.075
6. Reed • ATL 2.088
7. Singer • LAD 2.110
8. Dierker • HOU 2.122
9. Merritt • CIN 2.187
10. Hands • CHC 2.190

Strikeouts per 9 IP

<strong>9 x SO / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Griffin • HOU 9.558
2. Wilson • HOU 9.400
3. Moose • PIT 8.735
4. Selma • 2TM 8.544
5. Veale • PIT 8.495
6. Carlton • STL 7.997
7. Jenkins • CHC 7.892
8. Gibson • STL 7.710
9. Ellis • PIT 7.120
10. Stoneman • MON 7.065

Games Played

Games Played or Pitched

1. Granger • CIN 90
2. McGinn • MON 74
3. Carroll • CIN 71
Regan • CHC 71
5. Reberger • SDP 67
6. Upshaw • ATL 62
7. Baldschun • SDP 61
8. Brewer • LAD 59
Taylor • NYM 59
10. Linzy • SFG 58

Saves

Saves

1. Gladding • HOU 29
2. Upshaw • ATL 27
Granger • CIN 27
4. Brewer • LAD 20
5. Regan • CHC 17
6. Hoerner • STL 15
7. Taylor • NYM 13
8. McGraw • NYM 12
9. Linzy • SFG 11
Gibbon • 2TM 11

Innings Pitched

Innings Pitched

1. Perry • SFG 325.1
2. Osteen • LAD 321.0
3. Singer • LAD 315.2
4. Gibson • STL 314.0
5. Jenkins • CHC 311.1
6. Dierker • HOU 305.1
7. Hands • CHC 300.0
8. Marichal • SFG 299.2
9. Sutton • LAD 293.1
10. Niekro • ATL 284.1

Strikeouts

Strikeouts

1. Jenkins • CHC 273
2. Gibson • STL 269
3. Singer • LAD 247
4. Wilson • HOU 235
5. Perry • SFG 233
6. Dierker • HOU 232
7. Sutton • LAD 217
8. Veale • PIT 213
9. Carlton • STL 210
10. Seaver • NYM 208

Games Started

Games Started

1. Jenkins • CHC 42
2. Hands • CHC 41
Osteen • LAD 41
Sutton • LAD 41
5. Singer • LAD 40
6. Holtzman • CHC 39
Perry • SFG 39
8. Dierker • HOU 37
Lemaster • HOU 37
10. Marichal • SFG 36
Merritt • CIN 36
Stoneman • MON 36

Complete Games

Complete Game

1. Gibson • STL 28
2. Marichal • SFG 27
3. Perry • SFG 26
4. Jenkins • CHC 23
5. Niekro • ATL 21
6. Dierker • HOU 20
7. Seaver • NYM 18
Hands • CHC 18
9. Singer • LAD 16
Koosman • NYM 16
Osteen • LAD 16

Shutouts

Shutouts<br>No runs allowed and a complete game.

1. Marichal • SFG 8
2. Osteen • LAD 7
Jenkins • CHC 7
4. Koosman • NYM 6
Holtzman • CHC 6
6. Seaver • NYM 5
Stoneman • MON 5
8. Dierker • HOU 4
Sutton • LAD 4
Niekro • ATL 4
Gibson • STL 4
Wise • PHI 4
Jackson • PHI 4

Home Runs

Home Runs Hit/Allowed

1. Merritt • CIN 33
2. Jenkins • CHC 27
3. Stoneman • MON 26
4. Jarvis • ATL 25
Sutton • LAD 25
6. Cloninger • CIN 24
Gentry • NYM 24
Reed • ATL 24
Seaver • NYM 24
10. Perry • SFG 23

Bases on Balls

Bases on Balls/Walks

1. Stoneman • MON 123
2. Cloninger • CIN 103
3. Kirby • SDP 100
4. Wilson • HOU 97
5. Wegener • MON 96
6. Gibson • STL 95
7. Carlton • STL 93
Griffin • HOU 93
Holtzman • CHC 93
10. Jackson • PHI 92

Hits

Hits/Hits Allowed

1. Osteen • LAD 293
2. Perry • SFG 290
3. Jenkins • CHC 284
4. Merritt • CIN 269
Sutton • LAD 269
6. Hands • CHC 268
7. Gibson • STL 251
8. Holtzman • CHC 248
9. Marichal • SFG 244
Singer • LAD 244

Strikeouts / Base On Balls

<strong>SO/W or SO/BB</strong><br>For recent years, pitching leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played.<br>No batting leaders computed.

1. Jenkins • CHC 3.845
2. Marichal • SFG 3.796
3. Niekro • ATL 3.386
4. Singer • LAD 3.338
5. Dierker • HOU 3.222
6. Reed • ATL 2.857
7. Gibson • STL 2.832
8. Moose • PIT 2.661
9. Bunning • 2TM 2.661
10. Koosman • NYM 2.647

Home Runs per 9 IP

<strong>9 x HR / IP</strong><br>For recent years, leaders need 1 IP<br>per team game played

1. Veale • PIT 0.319
2. Gibson • STL 0.344
3. Marichal • SFG 0.451
4. Moose • PIT 0.476
5. Osteen • LAD 0.477
6. Koosman • NYM 0.523
7. Dierker • HOU 0.531
8. Santorini • SDP 0.536
9. Wegener • MON 0.543
10. Maloney • CIN 0.554

Losses

Losses

1. Kirby • SDP 20
2. Stoneman • MON 19
3. Jackson • PHI 18
Sutton • LAD 18
Niekro • 2TM 18
6. Cloninger • CIN 17
Ellis • PIT 17
Lemaster • HOU 17
9. Robertson • MON 16
10. Fryman • PHI 15
Jenkins • CHC 15
Osteen • LAD 15

Earned Runs

Earned Runs Allowed

1. Merritt • CIN 122
2. Stoneman • MON 115
3. Sutton • LAD 113
4. Fryman • PHI 112
5. Jenkins • CHC 111
6. Jarvis • ATL 107
7. Cloninger • CIN 106
8. Blass • PIT 104
Holtzman • CHC 104
10. Wilson • HOU 100

Wild Pitches

Wild Pitches

1. Maloney • CIN 16
Wilson • HOU 16
3. Niekro • ATL 15
4. Cloninger • CIN 14
5. Wegener • MON 13
6. Fryman • PHI 12
Perry • SFG 12
Santorini • SDP 12
9. Arrigo • CIN 11
Stoneman • MON 11

Hit By Pitch

Times Hit by a Pitch.

1. Stoneman • MON 12
2. Fryman • PHI 11
Perry • SFG 11
4. Gibson • STL 10
Singer • LAD 10
6. Culver • CIN 9
Wilson • HOU 9
Waslewski • 2TM 9
9. Arrigo • CIN 8
Jenkins • CHC 8

Batters Faced

Batters Faced

1. Perry • SFG 1,345
2. Osteen • LAD 1,291
3. Jenkins • CHC 1,275
4. Gibson • STL 1,270
5. Singer • LAD 1,263
6. Sutton • LAD 1,226
7. Hands • CHC 1,220
8. Dierker • HOU 1,207
9. Marichal • SFG 1,176
10. Niekro • ATL 1,143

Games Finished

Games Finished<br>Credited to the last pitcher to appear for a team in a game.<br>Complete Games are not counted as Games Finished.

1. Granger • CIN 55
2. Regan • CHC 49
3. Upshaw • ATL 47
4. Taylor • NYM 44
5. Brewer • LAD 43
Gladding • HOU 43
7. Linzy • SFG 39
8. Carroll • CIN 37
9. McCool • SDP 35
Reberger • SDP 35

Adjusted ERA+

<strong>ERA+</strong><br>100*[lgERA/ERA]<br>Adjusted to the player&#x2019;s ballpark(s).

1. Marichal • SFG 168
2. Seaver • NYM 165
3. Carlton • STL 164
4. Gibson • STL 164
5. Hands • CHC 162
6. Koosman • NYM 160
7. Dierker • HOU 152
8. Niekro • ATL 142
9. Perry • SFG 142
10. Singer • LAD 142

Fielding Independent Pitching

<strong>Fielding Independent Pitching</strong><br>this stat measures a pitcher's effectiveness at preventing HR, BB, HBP and causing SO<br><tt>(13*HR + 3*(BB+HBP) - 2*SO)/IP + Constant<sub>lg</sub></tt><br>The constant is set so that each season major-league average FIP is the same as the major-league avg ERA

1. Gibson • STL 2.30
2. Veale • PIT 2.33
3. Marichal • SFG 2.39
4. Moose • PIT 2.44
5. Dierker • HOU 2.47
6. Jenkins • CHC 2.64
7. Singer • LAD 2.65
8. Koosman • NYM 2.67
9. Wilson • HOU 2.76
10. Niekro • ATL 2.77

Adj. Pitching Runs

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Runs</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s runs total via linear weights.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Gibson • STL 50
2. Marichal • SFG 44
3. Seaver • NYM 44
4. Hands • CHC 43
5. Dierker • HOU 38
6. Koosman • NYM 38
7. Carlton • STL 37
8. Singer • LAD 36
9. Niekro • ATL 33
10. Perry • SFG 33

Adj. Pitching Wins

<strong>Adjusted Pitching Wins</strong><br>A set of formulas developed by Gary Gillette, Pete Palmer and others<br>that estimates a pitcher&#x2019;s total contributions<br>to a team&#x2019;s wins with his arm.<br>0.0 is an avg performance, <0 is worse than avg and >0 is better than avg

1. Gibson • STL 5.8
2. Marichal • SFG 5.0
3. Seaver • NYM 5.0
4. Hands • CHC 4.8
5. Dierker • HOU 4.3
6. Koosman • NYM 4.3
7. Carlton • STL 4.1
8. Singer • LAD 4.0
9. Niekro • ATL 3.7
10. Perry • SFG 3.6

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)

<strong>Base-Out Runs Saved</strong><br>Given the bases occupied/out situation, how many runs did the pitcher<br>save in the resulting play. Compared to average, so 0 is average, and<br>above 0 is better than average

1. Gibson • STL 56.72
2. Seaver • NYM 51.15
3. Koosman • NYM 46.99
4. Dierker • HOU 46.06
5. Marichal • SFG 45.10
6. Hands • CHC 42.09
7. Carlton • STL 41.51
8. Singer • LAD 41.16
9. Osteen • LAD 37.92
10. Niekro • ATL 33.97

Win Probability Added (WPA)

<strong>Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability.<br>A change of +/- 1 would indicate one win added or lost.

1. Gibson • STL 7.7
2. Seaver • NYM 6.7
3. Koosman • NYM 6.4
4. Marichal • SFG 6.4
5. Dierker • HOU 6.3
6. McGraw • NYM 5.6
7. Jenkins • CHC 4.4
8. Carlton • STL 4.4
9. Hands • CHC 4.2
10. Singer • LAD 4.0

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)

<strong>Situational Wins (WPA/LI)</strong><br>It is the sum of WPA divided by the leverage index for each play.<br>WPA depends greatly on the context of the at bats.<br>This stat does not.

1. Gibson • STL 5.9
2. Dierker • HOU 5.9
3. Marichal • SFG 5.4
4. Singer • LAD 4.4
5. Niekro • ATL 4.4
6. Hands • CHC 4.1
7. Jenkins • CHC 3.8
8. Carlton • STL 3.7
9. Koosman • NYM 3.7
10. Seaver • NYM 3.7

Championship WPA (cWPA)

<strong>Championship Win Probability Added by Pitcher</strong><br>Given average teams, this is the change in probability, displayed in percentage points.<br>A change of +/- 100% would indicate one world series win added or lost.

1. Marichal • SFG 11.7
2. Koosman • NYM 7.4
3. Granger • CIN 7.3
4. Singer • LAD 7.0
5. Seaver • NYM 6.9
6. Perry • SFG 6.3
7. Hands • CHC 6.0
8. Niekro • ATL 5.7
9. McGraw • NYM 4.5
10. Jenkins • CHC 3.9

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)

<strong>Base-Out Wins Saved</strong><br>This is the number of wins above average the player was worth by their performance<br>measured by the 24 base-out situations.

1. Gibson • STL 6.7
2. Seaver • NYM 5.9
3. Koosman • NYM 5.4
4. Dierker • HOU 5.3
5. Marichal • SFG 5.2
6. Singer • LAD 4.8
7. Carlton • STL 4.8
8. Osteen • LAD 4.4
9. Hands • CHC 4.4
10. Niekro • ATL 3.7

A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order.

For rate stats, generally a minimum of 3.1 Plate Appearances/Team Game (batting), 1.0 IP/Team Game (pitching), 0.67 Gm and Chances/Team Game (fielding), 0.2 SB att/Team Game (catchers), 0.1 SB att/Team Game (baserunners only since 1951), and 0.1 decision/Team Game (W-L%) is needed for single-season leaderboards. For pitcher fielding the minimums are reduced by a third. For LF, CF, RF fielding stats, we only have reliable data since 1898, so all leaders are since 1898. Explanation of min. requirements